Meaning

From a specified time in the past..

Definitions by Sense

1. From a specified time in the past.
2. From: referring to a period of time ending in the present and defining it by the point in time at which it started, or the period in which its starting point occurred.
3. From the time that.
4. Because.
5. (obsolete) When or that.

Example Sentences

I met him last year, but haven't seen him since.

A short/long time since

I have loved you since I first met you.

I've known her since I've lived in her street, but I've not seen her out of the house since her husband died.

Since leaving school, I've completely changed.

He had one hand on the bounce bottle—and he'd never let go of that since he got back to the table—but he had a handkerchief in the other and was swabbing his deadlights with it.

Since you didn't call, we left without you.

The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen.[…]The second note, the high alarum, not so familiar and always important since it indicates the paramount sin in Man's private calendar, took most of them by surprise although they had been well prepared.

Word Forms

• sence

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When Should You Use Since?

Use since when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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